Zakat al-Fitr
Zakat al-Fitr is a fixed charitable payment due from every Muslim at the end of Ramadan, before the Eid al-Fitr prayer. It is usually given as a set amount of staple food, or its value. It is separate from the annual zakat on wealth, and doesn't depend on nisab.
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Is Zakat obligatory upon a 30-year-old unmarried woman who has 12,000 EGP in the bank, with clarification of the difference between Zakat on wealth (Zakat al-Mal) and Zakat al-Fitr (for Eid al-Fitr) and Zakat al-Adha (for Eid al-Adha)?
Zakat is obligatory on money if it reaches the equivalent of 85 grams of gold or 595 grams of silver, and a full lunar year (Hawl) has passed over it without decreasing below this amount. The zakat for past years must…
Is it permissible for an Islamic association, which is in financial need to cover rent and other expenses, to use the collected Zakat al-Fitr?
Scholars differed on the permissible recipients of Zakat al-Fitr, holding three views: 1. The Majority: It is permissible to disburse it to the eight categories to whom zakat on wealth is given. 2. The Malikis and…
How does a poor person or someone of middle income pay zakat al-fitr?
Zakat al-Fitr is obligatory upon the able Muslim who possesses more than his needs and the needs of his dependents for the day and night of Eid. It is one sa' of food. As for whoever does not find more than his…
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Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Fitr in money equal to the value of the prescribed amount of food, especially since a sum of money may sometimes be more beneficial and useful?
What is the obligatory amount of Zakat al-Fitr, on whose behalf is it to be given, can it be given to non-relatives in another country, is it permissible to give it as a slaughtered animal or as money, and when is its due time?
Is it permissible for a mother to pay Zakat al-Fitr on behalf of her adult sons and daughters and her grandchildren whom she supports, knowing that they live with her and she bears their expenses because they are in debt? And does the word "yamoonuhu" (supports him) in the hadith of Zakat al-Fitr mean "ya'ooluhu" (provides for him)?